
Originally Posted by
raisedbywolves
I know someone who literally had a double mastectomy as an outpatient surgery recently. Everyone I know who in the past (including me) went to the ER with chest pain was always made to stay overnight for monitoring, even when the initial tests show that everything is ok. When I went to the ER with chest pain last month they were trying to get me out as soon as I got an EKG. The doctor literally told me that she would get in trouble if they kept me any longer or she spent much time in any room. They don't give a fuck. If you can stand up and even somewhat tolerate your pain they want you out of the hospital, so there's no telling what his condition really was. They said surgery for a fractured skull, but I never heard anything more than that.